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Zavvi's 125 stores opened as normal on Boxing Day for the post-Christmas sales. But the jobs of more than 3,400 workers remain insecure. (guardian.co.uk)
* CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR MATCHES: Sturridge lifts City to late rally at Blackburn Dec 30, 2008
Felipe Caicedo, scorer of two goals in the 5-1 Boxing Day thrashing of Hull City, could have continued his profitable spell inside the opening two minutes when he hurriedly stabbed the ball wide from only 5m after Vincent Kompany headed down Michael Balls corner. The Ecuador international was also at the heart of a splendid City move that ended when his cross was headed wide from point-blank range by the unmarked Robinho. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR MATCHES: Gallas heads the Gunners back up to fourth place Dec 30, 2008
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made three changes from the side that drew 2-2 at Villa on Boxing Day. Alex Song missed out through injury, but Robin van Persie and Kolo Toure found themselves on the bench as Gael Clichy, Nicklas Bendtner and Emmanuel Adebayor returned. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Big Swede offers complete package Dec 30, 2008
Swedish rearguard Victor Hedman, centre, celebrates a 3-1 Boxing Day victory over Finland with his teammates. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press). (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
Blast kills two more Canadian soldiers Dec 30, 2008
A fourth explosive device was defused under a bridge in the same district on Boxing Day morning. Another bombing, this time a suicide device, killed at least three police and two civilians on Saturday near the western edge of the city. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Flu and winter bugs cause three-fold rise in visits to GPs Dec 30, 2008
"Dr Peter Holden who works in Derbyshire said the county's doctors were busy though not 'outrageously so'. GPs opened extra surgeries on Saturday and Sunday after Christmas and Dr Holden, who worked an out of hours shift on Boxing Day, said it was very busy but the out of hours shift on Saturday was even worse.Dr Holden said: "This is likely to continue. Those who get ill should go home to bed, drink plenty of fluids and wash your hands regularly. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Huge sales attract more shoppers Dec 30, 2008
According to different estimates, shops were at least several percent busier on Boxing Day than a year ago. John Lewis and Next, which started their in-store sales on Saturday, also followed the trend. (BBC News -- Business)
Crews working to ensure power stays on in N.S. Dec 30, 2008
HALIFAX Power crews remained on the job in Nova Scotia on Boxing Day, ensuring the lights stayed on for thousands of people who spent a portion of the holiday season in the dark. More than 8,000 homes and businesses across the province lost power Christmas Day after howling winds brought down trees, branches and power lines. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Canadian Stocks Rise on Oil, Gold; Barrick, Potash, Suncor, CN Rail Gain Dec 30, 2008
Canadian equity exchanges were closed Dec. 25 and Dec. 26 for the Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays. U.S. stock markets opened for trading on Dec. 26. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
CV Technologies shares fall after delayed financial statements Dec 30, 2008
The trading was the first since the Edmonton company announced on Boxing Day that it will miss a year-end deadline to file its results for the 2008 fiscal year ended Sept. 30. The company said it now expects to file the results, which were due by the end of December, by Jan. 12. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
1) Bleacher Report: Christopher Falvello on the 100th anniversary of the first black heavyweight champion Dec 30, 2008
Today, Dec. 26, 2008, is known as Boxing Day in the British Empire ... Today, Dec. 26, 2008, is known as Boxing Day in the British Empire. (Guardian Unlimited -- Sport)
Sir Tom Hunter's USC sent reeling... Dec 30, 2008
Sir Tom Hunter's USC sent reeling by Boxing Day rent demand - Times Online ... Sir Tom Hunter's USC sent reeling by Boxing Day rent demand ... USC, the 58-store fashion chain, called in PKF, the accountant, after facing a quarterly rent bill that traditionally falls due on Boxing Day. (New York Post -- Business)
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The company, which had 34 stores in England and Wales, ceased trading on Boxing Day. The failure of Olan Mills, which specialised in baby and family portraits and operated out of Mothercare stores in more than half its locations, resulted in hundreds of job losses. (New York Post -- Business)
Arrest over 'nurse in boot case' Dec 28, 2008
Magdeline Makola, 38, who works at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, was found in the boot of her car in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, on Boxing Day. A Lothian and Borders Police spokesman said: "A 35-year-old man had been arrested and charged in connection with the abduction of Magdeline Makola.". (BBC News -- UK)
Sale fever 'not enough for shops' Dec 28, 2008
"I suspect the rush just before Christmas and what looks like a very successful Boxing Day probably won't have clawed that back." ... 5% annual increase in the number of Boxing Day shoppers across the UK. ... 5% more people than Boxing Day last year while the number in Oxford Street alone was up 5. (BBC News -- UK)
Underworld on Summafieldayze festival radar Dec 28, 2008
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Man charged over nurse abduction Dec 28, 2008
An investigation was launched and Ms Makola was discovered by police in the red Vauxhall Astra in the town of Airdrie, Lanarkshire, on Boxing Day. Police said Ms Makola had been left "severely traumatised". (Ananova -- UK Headlines)
Sale fever 'not enough for shops' Dec 28, 2008
"I suspect the rush just before Christmas and what looks like a very successful Boxing Day probably won't have clawed that back." ... 5% annual increase in the number of Boxing Day shoppers across the UK. ... 5% more people than Boxing Day last year while the number in Oxford Street alone was up 5. (BBC News)
Menswear store in Kettering saved from closure Dec 28, 2008
Are you planning to pick up a bargain in the Boxing Day sales. Yes. (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
Third storm in a week grounds B.C. travellers Dec 28, 2008 No Time For Sentiment As Tony Adams Returns To Arsenal Dec 28, 2008 Who runs Facebook? Dec 27, 2008 UK retailers discount to reverse sales slump Dec 27, 2008 Consumer confidence test 'yet to come' Dec 27, 2008 Price right for Olympic appearance? Dec 27, 2008 Screwdriver stabbing victim dies Dec 27, 2008 Tonic for trooper Rudd: cricket at the MCG and chilling at home Dec 27, 2008 Post-Christmas spending spree a bargain at $4.5b Dec 27, 2008 Australia's annual party starts with a hangover Dec 27, 2008 Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Dec 27, 2008 Questions over death plunge balcony Dec 27, 2008 Hussey woes worry team Dec 27, 2008 2nd Black Friday had shades of gray Dec 27, 2008 Chelsea and Man United remain in the chase Dec 27, 2008 Torres close to returning from injured hamstring Dec 27, 2008 Zavvi files for bankruptcy protection Dec 27, 2008 Galveston to celebrate boxing legend Jack Johnson's historic bout Dec 27, 2008 Boxing Day is for giving Dec 27, 2008 Stock Funds Retreat As Global Woes Push Investors To Safety• //• // Futures:• Futures Up Sharply In Sleepy Trade; Weak Dollar Vs. Euro Boosts Prices Dec 27, 2008 Stampede for sales as shops fear... Dec 27, 2008 A crowd drawn by the bout, not boats Dec 26, 2008 Pick of the Flicks: Boxing Day films Dec 26, 2008 The day after Dec 26, 2008 Warne does a perfect anthem Dec 26, 2008 South Africa land a heavy blow before the bell Dec 26, 2008 Loki like a duck to water, says helmsman Dec 26, 2008 Hughes turns screws on veteran opener Dec 26, 2008 All apprentices and no masters - it's time for young spinners todeliver Dec 26, 2008 Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test Dec 26, 2008 Smiling Ntini says it's war Dec 26, 2008 Police evict more than 100 from MCG Dec 26, 2008 Blues beat the Bulls in Twenty20 Dec 26, 2008 Captain's knock to carry the passengers Dec 26, 2008 Steyn removed early but leaves mark Dec 26, 2008 My selfish shopping is a social act Dec 26, 2008 Fine art of giving until it counts Dec 26, 2008 Day in pictures Dec 26, 2008 Websites connect donors to specific needs Dec 26, 2008 Best Buy Canada well Positioned for Another Successful Boxing Day Dec 26, 2008 Open media policy in effect at all Best Buy stores for Boxing Day Dec 26, 2008 Future Shop Boxing Day Shopping Outcome and Trends Dec 26, 2008 Future Shop Boxing Day Shopping Outcome and Trends Dec 26, 2008 Papers mark the passing of Pinter Dec 26, 2008 Shoppers hit post-Christmas sales Dec 26, 2008 Drowned boy's body brought home Dec 26, 2008 Retail therapy Dec 26, 2008 Missing nurse found in car boot Dec 26, 2008 Asia Remembers 2004 Boxing Day Tsun... Dec 26, 2008 Kicking off, not a day off Dec 26, 2008 Drogba scores opener in Chelsea victory Dec 26, 2008 Man Utd beat 10-man Stoke -- just Dec 26, 2008 Trading of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited In Shanghai and New York Is Suspended Dec 26, 2008 David Williamson farewells Harold Pinter, who 'recast' humans Dec 26, 2008 Consumers cashing in on Boxing Day bonanza Dec 26, 2008 Coupon 'stigma' makes everyone look cheap: Study Dec 26, 2008 Boxing Day sales in Britain draws millions Dec 26, 2008 Shoes hurled at Bush pictures Dec 26, 2008 'INCREDIBLE TIME TO BE ALIVE... Dec 26, 2008 Gas back on in most homes Dec 26, 2008 Conjoined twin dies in hospital Dec 26, 2008 Cub scout attains all 33 badges Dec 26, 2008 South Africa land a heavy blow before the bell Dec 26, 2008 Boxing Day sales are 'busiest in memory' Dec 26, 2008 A tale of two fates on a Boxing Day Dec 26, 2008
But Boxing Day crowds were smaller than usual in Vancouver's downtown core, some retailers said. Power outages are spreading across the province with just over 5,000 customers sitting without power Friday afternoon. (Globe and Mail)
Big crowds may not have bought into big sales Dec 28, 2008
Boxing Day shoppers scan papers and flyers while waiting for the downtown Montreal Future Shop to open ... Daniel de Bellefeuille, a veteran Boxing Day shopper, said he was surprised the crowd was even that large, given the economic uncertainty ahead ... Their mother, Janice, was a little dubious about the dollar value of their outing - "They've got us a little tricked by the Boxing Day sales," she said - but was in good spirits about the day ahead. (Globe and Mail)
Pompeys 4-1 loss to West Ham on Boxing Day was a hard blow for Adams to take and has added to the pressure to get something from the visit to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Despite admitting he is looking forward to the encounter, Adams knows that his side are going to have to tighten things up at the back having leaked 14 goals in their last six outings. (Goal.com)
5 on Boxing Day, Friday 26 at the Heaven Niteclub in Osu, Accra. This time its going to be even bigger and better as Ghanaians from the Diaspora come home to rock Xmas with family and friends. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Fewer people will visit stores today, on Britains Boxing Day holiday, than a year earlier as more shoppers take advantage of online sales and refrain from unnecessary purchases, Experians Jonathan de Mello said today ... Boxing Day used to be something people looked forward to, but everything was already on sale, so its far less exciting now, said de Mello, director of retail consulting at Experian. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
But although Boxing Day was the best day of the year for most retailers, it did not necessarily indicate a return of consumer confidence, the Australian National Retailers' Association said ... Queenslanders did their fair share to help lift the pre-Christmas depression, handing over $8 billion, and predictions put the state's Boxing Day spend at $190 million ... "I think that same psychology to a degree applies to the Boxing Day sales because it is such an event," Ms Osmond said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Price has indeed come a long way from the runty ankle-biter at his extended family's annual Boxing Day game (his father, Jerry Price, usually played nets, Doan recalled). "I think it's hard to find a goalie who has done as much at such a young age, maybe ever," added Doan, whose summer home is near his cousin's. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
A teenager stabbed in the head with a screwdriver in a frenzied attack at a Boxing Day house party has died in hospital. The 19-year-old was rushed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital following the Friday night attack at the house in Reservoir, in Melbourne's north, but never recovered from his injuries. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
That was something of a tradition for his predecessor, John Howard, who made a habit of spending a day at the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne at this time of year. But unlike John and Janette Howard, who liked to take their summer holidays at sleepy Hawks Nest, the Rudds plan to spend most of their break relaxing at home. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
54 billion from Boxing Day to New Year, compared with $4 ... "There's been a high degree of interest for the big department stores, not just in town but at a number of the suburban and regional locations. The sheer emotion of Christmas tends to drive a bit of spending and it's a similar outcome on Boxing Day sales," she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Melbourne's great annual Boxing Day ritual will take place as usual Friday, with fans flocking to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the first day of the post-Christmas five-day test match ... Large amounts will be eaten and drunk - although perhaps not as much as the 79,648 liters, or 21,040 gallons, of beer and 24,278 pies dispensed by Melbourne caterers' outlets when England was the opposition on Boxing Day 2006 ... Australia has won the Boxing Day test for the last nine years. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
The looming recession and soaring unemployment did nothing to deter shoppers heading to the Boxing Day sales in their droves. Almost half of the estate agents working in Britain 18 months ago have lost their jobs in the credit crisis. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
The woman and her two friends, a woman and a 32-year-old man, had earlier been at the Story Bridge Hotel, where they watched the Boxing Day 20/20 cricket test. They had returned to the man's home and were drinking coffee on the balcony. (The Age, Australia -- National)
Boxing Day Test on a knife-edge ... Boxing Day Test on a knife-edge at tea. (The Age, Australia -- National)
They call it Boxing Day in the U.K. and Canada. And some in America refer to Dec. 26 as the second Black Friday. (Erie Times-News, PA)
LONDON: Premier League leaders Liverpool were still looking down on their rivals after a 3-0 win over Bolton Wanderers during yesterdays Boxing Day programme. Chelsea, who had briefly gone top after an early kick-off victory, remained a point behind in second place after beating basement club West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Assistant coach Sammy Lee wouldn't confirm or deny rumors of a Boxing Day return for the Spanish hitman, saying: "Torres is improving -- working very, very hard. As regards the Christmas period, I will say he is coming on well. "It wasn't nice to have him injured or missing but that's football. It's the nature of the game, and he has had a break and will be back fresh now," Lee added. "Still, I think it speaks volumes for the squad that they have managed to get to the top without Fernando for... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Ernst & Young said all Zavvi stores will open as normal on Boxing Day for the post-Christmas sales. Simon Douglas and Steve Peckham, the group's founders, thanked employees for their support since the buyout from the Virgin Group last year. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
On Dec. 26, 1908 ironically celebrated across the British Commonwealth as Boxing Day Johnson pummeled Canadian world champion Tommy Burns in a bout in Sydney. So merciless was Johnson in that match that every time Burns appeared to be headed for the canvass, the Galveston native held up his opponent just so he could beat him some more. (KHOU.com, TX)
Ask most British people what Boxing Day is for, and they will answer, "It's the day the sales start." Or, possibly, the day for "visiting the rellies" - Brit-speak for relatives ... Boxing Day, usually thought of as Dec. 26, but technically the first weekday after Christmas, has a distinguished pedigree in Britain, and during this time of economic crisis, it is good to be reminded of it ... It is on Boxing Day, after all, on the "feast of Stephen," that "Good King Wenceslas" looked out and saw... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Traders also noted that there was no spillover volume from the large London copper market due to the Boxing Day holiday. Nymex oil clamored back above $37 a barrel after the United Arab Emirates joined leading crude exporter Saudi Arabia in deepening supply curbs in line with OPEC's historic output cut announced last week. (Investors Business Daily)
Prices were slashed by up to 90 per cent in department stores, fashion outlets and supermarkets across the country for the Boxing Day sales, evidence of the growing sense of crisis in the retail sector. Retailers called for an urgent government bailout to match financial assistance given to the banking sector and the auto- motive industry to protect three million jobs. (New York Post -- Business)
A Boxing Day crowd drawn by the bout, not boats - Arts - Entertainment ... A Boxing Day crowd drawn by the bout, not boats ... This week, nearing the 100th anniversary of the Boxing Day bout, the NSW State Library announced it had purchased an action picture of the combatants, African-American Jack Johnson and Canadian Tommy Burns, by local artist Norman Lindsay. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Video - Boxing Day films unwrapped - Sydney Morning Herald ... Boxing Day films unwrapped. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Chin Strap, Triple Thick, Noble Rot, and Jake and the Jakes are putting on a Boxing Day Celebration that should feature lots of guitars and maybe some maracas (thanks to Triple Thick). Boxing Day is all about giving to those less fortunate, so feel free to buy any members of those bands a drink. (Boston Globe)
Only a giggling Brett Lee betrayed just how bizarre it was to see Warney singing the national anthem at the Boxing Day Test ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
It made for a classic Boxing Day contest in which the Australian captain made the Proteas pay for McKenzie's miss but they fought back to claim a slender advantage on the opening day of the second Test. Ponting took responsibility for Australia's defeat in Perth and answered his critics with an imperious century that he celebrated by waving to his baby daughter Emmy in an MCG crowd of 63,263. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
It was a race against the clock to finish Loki in time for the Boxing Day start, having been commissioned by Ainsworth immediately after his previous Loki was destroyed in the 2007 Middle Sea race off the coastline of Sicily. The Loki crew completed their mandatory 24-hour off-shore sailing at the end of last week, in their second day on the water, and since then the crew members have been working overtime to fine tune the sails. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Bollinger, who was overlooked for the Boxing Day Test, claimed tidy figures of 3-22 to help restrict the Bulls to 7-161 ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
AS NATHAN HAURITZ replaces fellow off spinner Jason Krejza in Australia's team for the Boxing Day Test, the cricket world is wondering whatever happened to Shane Warne's legacy ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Victorians plan to fight to preserve the Boxing Day test, which was attended by only 63, 263 people yesterday ... IRRESPECTIVE of whether the size of the crowd yesterday was slightly below what it could have been given the compelling state of the series, the MCG on Boxing Day should be an untouchable fixture on the calendar, according to Cricket Victoria chief executive Tony Dodemaide ... "Previously, it has been about come and see how Australia is going to win this time, and now they really... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Smiling assassin Makhaya Ntini says it's war between South Africa and Australia after Boxing Day landed him another couple of salvoes. After dismissing Australian opener Matthew Hayden for the ninth time, Ntini also drew level with his childhood hero Malcolm Marshall and afterwards said the Proteas deserved first-day honours in the second Test at the MCG.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
More than 100 people were kicked out of the Boxing Day Test match at the MCG, including a man wanted for a pitch invasion at the same ground two years ago ... The Boxing Day crowd was 63,263, slightly down on last year's attendance of more than 65,000 when 110 people were evicted from the MCG and a dozen arrested ... On Boxing Day in 2006 only 39 people were evicted out of a capacity Ashes crowd and 77 people were evicted on the same day in 2005 when the South Africans were last here. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Bollinger, who was overlooked for the Boxing Day Test, claimed tidy figures of 3-22 to help restrict the Bulls to 7-161. The visitors lost IPL-contracted David Warner for eight in the first over, but Hughes showed he was just as capable opening in the shorter forms of the game. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test ... Gloves on to help keep Boxing Day Test. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
And by evening, that wide-screen Boxing Day telly will be mine ... I will avoid those deeds routinely assigned to a real Australian Boxing Day and, instead of performing noble acts of barbecue, I will selfishly shop ... The past few decades have seen the emergence of the Boxing Day sale as a leading annual leisure event. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Boxing Day may be an uncharitable time to be posing this question, but just how generous are you. In the immediate aftermath of our giving season, many of us will be surrounded by the detritus of our worst excesses, not the glow of human kindness. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Boxing Day hunt rides through Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England. The annual meets see hunters and anti-hunt campaigners converging on rural parts of Britain. (BBC News)
The gifts are distributed on Christmas and Boxing Day (Dec. 26). (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
BURNABY, BC, Dec. 26 /CNW/ - Best Buy Canada's results are in from Boxing Day which was an incredible success ... BURNABY, BC, Dec. 26 /CNW/ - Best Buy Canada's results are in from Boxing Day which was an incredible success ... "We are thrilled with the turnout we've seen so far at our stores across the country and on our website and anticipate this year's Boxing Day sale to be a great success for Best Buy." Some of the best selling products today at Best Buy stores and online at BestBuy. (Canada Newswire)
Best Buy will offer customers unbelievable Boxing Day pricing on this year's hottest flat-panel TV's, blu-ray players, laptops, computers, accessories, digital cameras, MP3 players and hundreds of consumer electronics and entertainment products. Prior approval from head office is not required for media visiting Best Buy stores on Boxing Day. (Canada Newswire)
BURNABY, BC, Dec. 26 /CNW/ - Future Shop, Canada's largest retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics, had thousands of Canadians lining up for Boxing Day deals ... This year we are having another exciting Boxing Day with customers lining up early this morning and others late last night ... Canadians may be travelling less in this economy but they sure want their electronics and entertainment for home," said Todd Empey, Vice President Operations, Future Shop. "Our buyers have worked really... (Canada Newswire)
This year we are having another exciting Boxing Day with customers lining up early this morning and others late last night ... Canadians may be travelling less in this economy but they sure want their electronics and entertainment for home," said Todd Empey, Vice President Operations, Future Shop. "Our buyers have worked really hard to find savings and pass them onto Canadians with low prices throughout the Holidays and even lower for Boxing Day ... This Boxing Day there are huge savings on... (Canada Newswire)
Meanwhile, on the High Street - the Mail declares - it will be Bunfight on Boxing Day, as stores try desperately to increase end-of-year sales figures. Prices will be slashed up to 90% in an attempt to entice families, it says. (BBC News -- UK)
Norman Black, from London's Brent Cross Shopping Centre, said more than 100 of its stores started their sales on Boxing Day. Others, such as Mn Lewis and Fenwick would begin their sales on 27 December with "significant reductions", he added. (BBC News -- UK)
" Colum is to be buried in Derry on Sunday. He had been put on a life support machine which was turned off on Saturday. His parents decided to donate his organs. Boxing Day would have been Colum's sixth birthday. A spokesperson for travel agent Thomas Cook said their "deepest sympathy" was with the family at this "incredibly difficult and painful time". Bookmark with: Print Sponsor E-MAILED Cub scout achieves badges record Orangutans learn to trade favours Serbia arrests 'ex-KLA fighters'... (BBC News -- UK)
The crowd flowing into Debenhams at the Trafford Centre in Manchester, the first store to open for the traditional Boxing Day sales beanfeast ... And Justin Webb, of the Trafford Centre management, confirmed that this would be the biggest Boxing Day in the centre's 10-year history. (BBC News -- UK)
Lothian and Borders Police said the 38-year-old was discovered in the car in Airdrie at noon on Boxing Day. Ms Makola has been treated for minor injuries. (BBC News -- UK)
Asia Remembers 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami: Millions Mourn in Remembrance of the Worst Tsunami in Human History ... Asia Remembers 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami ... Asia Remembers 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. (Suite101.com)
Boxing Day is a significant date for cricket, football and sailing ... Christmas Day and Boxing Day sport is a popular phenomenon across the globe ... While basketball dominates Christmas Day in the U.S., cricket rules Boxing Day in Australia and New Zealand, and football is a pretty big deal in Europe -- particularly Britain on the 26th. (CNN -- International)
Chelsea beat bottom club West Bromwich Albion 2-0 on Boxing Day ... (CNN) -- Chelsea took temporary leadership of the English Premier League with a 2-0 win over bottom club West Bromwich Albion in an early kick off on Boxing Day. (CNN -- International)
(CNN) -- Manchester United stepped up their title challenge with a 1-0 win over Stoke City as Carlos Tevez scored the only goal of the match with just seven minutes remaining at the Britannia Stadium on Boxing Day. Gary Neville hugs United goalscorer Carlos Tevez after his crucial late winner. (CNN -- International)
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited was closed for trading with respect to the Company's H shares on December 25, 2008 and December 26, 2008, due to the Hong Kong public holidays of Christmas and Boxing Day, respectively. Background Information. (PR Newswire)
December 27, 2008 12:48am AEDT. David Williamson farewells Harold Pinter, who 'recast' humans. (The Australian)
Boxing Day shoppers, like this woman at a store in New Jersey, were looking for deals in stores across Canada and the United States on Friday ... Thousands of Canadians waited in lines and crowded into malls and stores on Friday, trying to get end-of-year deals at Boxing Day sales ... In Toronto's Eaton Centre, more than 300 people were lined up outside of Abercrombie & Fitch for its Boxing Day prices. (CBC.ca)
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LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Retailers in Britain are bracing for what some say could be the biggest Boxing Day sales event ever, with discounts up to 90 percent to lure in customers. Post-Christmas sales were expected to draw millions to stores, The Times of London reported Friday. (United Press International)
Shoppers hit Boxing Day sales. Shoes hurled at Bush pictures. (BBC News)
WHEN ARCHAE OLOGISTS dis cover the miss ing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves," so said the famous actor and womanizer John Barrymore. Sorry, readers, but I couldn't find any appropriate quote for Boxing Day! I AM in tune with the philosophy of that fabled co-founder of "Sesame Street," Joan Ganz Cooney. She says, "This is the most incredible time to be alive. Everything that is happening makes me more eager to live long enough to see how things turn out. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Thirty engineers gave up Boxing Day as well ... She said: "It is only a handful of homes and businesses that have been vacant over the holidays and are still without gas. We are hoping they will all have made contact by Monday. Our engineers have been working 18-20 hour shifts, visiting every home and dropping calling cards and answering calls as they come in. "The success in getting gas back to so many people in time for Christmas is a credit to the work of the engineers who have volunteered... (Manchester Evening News)
Page last updated at 17:10 GMT, Friday, 26 December 2008. Faith (left) died 23 days after her sister Hope. (BBC News)
Page last updated at 01:46 GMT, Friday, 26 December 2008. Cub scout achieves badges record. (BBC News)
It made for a classic Boxing Day contest in which the Australian captain made the Proteas pay for McKenzie's miss but they fought back to claim a slender advantage on the opening day of the second Test. Ponting took responsibility for Australia's defeat in Perth and answered his critics with an imperious century that he celebrated by waving to his baby daughter Emmy in an MCG crowd of 63,263. (The Age, Australia)
Boxing Day sales are 'busiest in memory' - Times Online ... Boxing Day sales are 'busiest in memory ... Shoppers converged on high streets and malls across the country this morning for the busiest Boxing Day sales in living memory, as retailers slashed prices in a desperate bid to stay afloat. (Times Online)
So these two most cussed of cricket teams played each other to an engrossing standstill on Boxing Day. The one exception to the rule was Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who made a blistering century, his fourth in Boxing Day Tests, three of them against South Africa ... Boxing Day Test on a knife-edge at tea. (Sydney Morning Herald)
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